Several faculty and staff members of the Music Department wore matching “Love Wins” t-shirts last month to support James W. Rogers Professor of Music Eleonora Beck’s fight to win Italian citizenship for her daughter.

The conductors participated in seven rehearsals during the four day workshop which has become one of the most well-known and highly regarded conductor training programs in the nation. Maestro Adrian Gnam, director of the ICWC, said, “I was really excited about this group of conductors. They have already shown great potential as conductors from the orchestras which they have conducted. This concert was absolutely wonderful, and it showed the progress the conductors made in such a short time.”

The other two winners, in addition to Dr. Inouye, were Sergey Bogza, originally from Taganrog, Russia now conducting in St. Cloud, Minnesota; and H. Lok Kim, originally from Seoul, South Korea who now conducts the Covenant Academy Orchestra in Ringgold, Georgia.

The conductors were led through intense instruction on orchestral conducting technique, rehearsal procedure and musical preparation of standard repertoire for full symphony orchestra. As part of his award, Dr. Inouye will be invited to guest conduct in Georgia next year.

Lewis & Clark has 3 phenomenal choirs, and they will be having auditions during Add-Drop period. The auditions are painless, with nothing to prepare. Email Professor Kathy FitzGibbon at klf@lclark.edu to set up your audition. Choirs are 1-credit classes, and regardless of whether you have tons of experience or are brand-new to singing, we have a place for you!

A symposium at Portland State University will take place on March 5 at which Nora Beck will deliver a paper entitled “The Greenest Meadow of a Minuet.” Rosemarie Beck was a fine violinist and included images of string players in her paintings.

Lewis & Clark Cappella Nova and Community Chorale will be featured on AllClassical radio 89.9 FM on the episode of “Played in Oregon” airing on Sunday, June 15th, at 1 p.m. You may also listen from afar at allclassical.org.

Catherine Sergeant B.A. ’70, M.A.T. ’75 has been named Librarian of the Year by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. Sergeant is head librarian of the Jefferson County School District, which consists of six school libraries.

Kristina Dill ’15 began exploring her passion for science and music at a young age. She picked up her first violin at age three and took her first chemistry class at Lewis & Clark when she was just 15.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities Marianna Ritchey BA ’99 recently collaborated with Katy Davidson BA ’99 to write a theme song for Rookie magazine that captures the publication’s mission of empowering teenage girls. The result is “Go Forth, Feminist Warriors,” a triumphant anthem that includes the talents of more than a dozen musicians.

Do you a play woodwind, brass or percussion instrument? Do you miss playing in your high school band? Then come join the LC Wind Symphony! Students from ALL areas of study welcome, you don’t need to be a music major! Wind Symphony meets Tues/Thurs 6:00 - 7:15 pm. Learn more about Wind Symphony or contact Jeff Peyton, Director of Bands.

Join the Lewis & Clark Orchestra!! Meets twice a week Tues/Thurs evenings from 7:30-9:00pm. We will be performing works with soloists as well as with the Lewis & Clark community Chorale. Learn more about LC Orchestra or contact conductor, Lance Inouye.

Portland has a rich contemporary music scene, and professor Michael Johanson strives to connect his students to it as often as possible. This spring, he has invited students and community members to attend several performances of his compositions throughout the city.

The Mission Theater in Portland will be screening a documentary by alumni Dana Plautz ‘82 and Miles Sprietsma ‘07. The film is about the Martha Washington, the first women’s boarding house in Portland, Oregon. Other alumni collaborations include music by Nik Walton ‘10 and flute by Leslie Simmons ‘13.

Student Erika Peregrine is a participant of the Spring 2012 England: London program. She had applied and received funds through the Dinah Dodds Endowment to do research on Hildegard von Bingen in Germany after the conclusion of her England program. Read about her adventures and findings on her personal blog Symphonialis Est Anima.

The folks in 3CE caught up with Carolyn Worthge, over winter break to hear more about her experience working with the ONE Campaign as a Faiths Act Fellow with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Carolyn, originally from San Mateo, California, graduated from Lewis & Clark in May 2011 with a degree in Sociology/Anthropology and a minor in Music.

World Up, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about international politics, and issues that affect the global community through Hip-Hop and socially progressive culture, was founded by Ebenezer Bond ‘00.

I originally came to Lewis & Clark with a piano scholarship, but no plans to major in music. However, as a life-long pianist and someone who always had a passion for the arts, I found it difficult to stay away from the music building and eventually declared myself a music major.

Katherine FitzGibbon, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, is an inspiring evangelist for Lewis & Clark’s vocal music program. She’s building on some of the traditions of her predecessors while starting a few new traditions of her own.

Stefan Fiol (B.A., Music, 1998) concentrated on piano performance under Anne Miller during his time at Lewis & Clark, but was set on a career path in ethnomusicology after taking musicology courses from Nora Beck and Gil Seeley, anthropology courses from Diane Nelson, and the gamelan ensemble with Pak Widiyanto.

My name is Charlie Ahlquist, and I graduated from Lewis & Clark College with my B.A. in Music and Psychology in May of 2007. The music department, with its wonderful faculty and staff and all of my fellow musicians, was the nexus of my collegiate experience.

In a musical collaboration unlike anything seen at Lewis & Clark in recent decades, two choirs and the orchestra will together perform a concert including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final masterpiece, the Requiem, in two concerts in April.

For the first time in 10 years, Lewis & Clark’s Fir Acres Theatre will be filled with the melodies of a main stage musical. Opening Nov. 6, “Urinetown, the Musical,” marks a major collaboration between the theatre and music departments, members of Portland’s creative community and close to sixty student actors, musicians, and crew members.

Beck’s approach to music education earned her the distinction of Master Teacher by the American Musicological Society at its annual conference in November 2007. Beck is only the third teacher to earn such an honor from AMS.